Below 2 pics were snapped from early stages of the
2004 Tour de France.

The above 1st pic of a cyclist from
RaboBank might epitomise the afore-mentioned
philosophy about 'giving it your all', even if it entails a few 'lumps
'n bumps'.
But the pic on RHS, where the poor unfortunate seems to be
left-for-dead, definitely don't imbue the afore-mentioned ethos,
predicated upon the fundamental aphorism that "we've only got one life",
so
"pack as much in as you can". But not if you are going to end-up
like the TdeF competitor on the RHS.